Ash Little Photography

I’m about to take the super easy road on this blog post. I’ve been trying to complete Julie & Jeremie’s blog post but I’m still lacking on the text. Here’s how I fixed the problem for this post….a VIDEO! It’s actually a little contrasty/grainy compared to the actual photos. Pay all that money for nice equipment to NOT have grainy photos and then I add grain to it in the video….kills me. It wasn’t completely on purpose…more of a photobooth video leftover…

Ok. So here’s the story. I met with these potential clients once(not Rachel and Danny shown below), and they were asking, “hey ash, how many photos are taken at a wedding?”….so it really can vary….day weddings tend to be less photos taken for some reason…usually because they are shorter…depends on how many photographers there are….lot of variables involved…..i could go on for days with the different situations etc….

so here was my response….”probably around 2,500…”

They chime back….”well we have a friend that shoots for National Geographic(or something like it) and he said anyone that shoots that many photos at a wedding doesn’t know what they are doing….

WOW! REALLY?

ok bud….here’s 1200 photos and nobody’s blinking…..

Wedding Coordinator : Emmy Brooks at Peacock Events
Wedding Location : Linda McCormick at the Thomas Bennett House
Wedding Music : Quiana Parler and Friends and this amazing band that had the party pumping can be found here.
Catering : Cru Cafe(that i mentioned last year in a blog post) and their website can be found here. I actually had lunch here before the wedding started.

Here’s a few photos i did put up on the facebook page before i posted the video…

So you can shoot HD 1080p but you have no control!?!  Not exactly.  There’s a lot of buzz going around about how you can’t control the settings with this new technology.  I think there’s a pretty simple way around it.

Basically, the video feature is mostly auto.  The camera pretty much picks your ISO, shutterspeed, and shoots for the widest aperture.  You run into some major problems when your outside at noon and turn on your video and basically end up getting ISO 100 and f16(compliments of the sunny 16 rule). 

Shooting at f16 there is no depth of field.  Argh.  Meaning everything in the photo is crisp.  So unless your Ansel Adams selling landscape photographs……

Solution:  Neutral Density Filters.  Just check your lighting and figure out how what strength of your filter(s) you need to get your aperture to where you want it.  Then your back to looking like you own a $50,000 video camera. 

I’m really excited about this camera/technology and can’t wait to show everyone how I’m going to implement it into Ash Little Photography.  I also demolished this ice cream writing this post.